Former trainer Manchesteru United, FC Barcelona if Bayern Munich shocked by his confession on Sunday’s Humberto show on Dutch TV. During the interview Louis van Gaal admitted that he suffers from prostate cancer, but kept the information about his health a secret, not even telling the Dutch footballers during the last training camp.
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Virgil van Dijk reacts to the coach’s words. “We will give him a world championship that he will never forget”
The coach’s confession touched the entire football community. Messages with expressions of support were sent by, among others Manchester United, FC Barcelona or the legendary English footballer, Gary Lineker.
The captain of the Dutch national team also reacted to the information about the coach’s illness, Virgil van Dijk.
– Just like you, I was shocked upon hearing this news. After the interview, I sent Louis words of support. I also told him that he probably isn’t the kind of guy who needs a lot of sympathy – that’s what he is, the 30-year-old admitted.
Van Dijk also mentioned the upcoming World Cup in Qatar and how information about the coach’s illness had influenced the players’ attitudes.
“I told him we would definitely be there for him as a group whenever he needed it.” I hope that we will also give him a world championship that he will never forget – concluded the captain of the national team The Netherlands.
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Louis van Gaal on the coach’s bench
The 70-year-old has been the manager of the Netherlands national team since August 2021. This is Van Gaal’s third contact with this national team. Since the coach reappeared on the Dutch coach’s bench, the team is undefeated. The team won nine times, taking first place in the group and thus qualifying for world championship in Qatar. Van Gaal will face the hosts in the group stage World Cup, Ecuador and Senegal. Previously, the Dutch trainer trained the national team in 2000-2002 and 2012-2014. During his first adventure with the national team, the 70-year-old did not qualify for the world championships played in South Korea and Japan. In 2014, he won third place with the team at the World Cup in Brazil. Van Gaal was also there coach FC Barcelona, with whom he won two Spanish championships, won the Bundesliga against Bayern Munich and won four times in league Dutch (once with AZ Alkmaar and three times with Ajax Amsterdam, with whom he also won the Champions League).
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